| Progress 27 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1987-005A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 17299[1] | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.135) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 16 January 1987, 06:06:23 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 25 February 1987, 15:16:45 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 16 January 1987 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 183 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 263 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 89.0 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 26 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 28 | ||||||||
Progress 27 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]
Progress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.[5]
It remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.